Chances at Cornell

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<p>Hi. I am a rising senior. I hope to apply to Cornell. I was hoping you guys could help me assess my chances of getting in.</p>

<p>SATs</p>

<p>New SAT: 2070
Old SAT: 1490 M:790 V:700</p>

<p>SAT IIs:</p>

<p>Biology M:790
Math IIC:780
Chemistry: 720 <--is that decent or on the low side?</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.98 (out of 4.0)
Weighted GPA: 4.85 (out of 5.0)</p>

<p>APs taken:
AP Biology - 5 (taken sophomore year)
AP Chemistry - TBA
AP Statistics - TBA
AP Language - TBA</p>

<p>Next year's APs: Modern World; Physics; Calculus; Human Geography; Psychology; Literature</p>

<p>My school does not rank. Also, I'm from the Washington DC area in which there is a plethora of smart students.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>*years include senior year</p>

<p>Debate (4years) Captain (best record on team)
Varsity Tennis (4 years)
SGA (2 years) Parliamentarian/treas
Student Academy of Science (2 years) founder and president
It's Academic (3 years) County Champions
Math Honor Society (2 years)
National Honor Society (2 years)</p>

<p>Volunteer Hours: roughly 200</p>

<p>Summer:</p>

<p>Taken Engineering course at George Washington University
Interned Two years at Walter Reed Army Institute for Research
Created science project entitled "Effects of ACHe on the brains of American soldiers"
2nd place at Regional Neuroscience contest</p>

<p>Awards:</p>

<p>WPI book award
im pretty sure some others but nothing too extravagent</p>

<p>Please help.</p>

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<p>Could happen. Market yourself well. ED helps. Work on the SAT. Your Chem SAT II is decent/fine/don't retake.</p>

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<p>yeah you look pretty good, bring up the SAT to improve your chances, it's averagish for cornell (but probably a tad low for students w/o special hooks like phenomenal musician, hockey player, urm, legacy, etc.)</p>

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<p>any other opinions?</p>

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<p>i bet if u mix and match best sections your sat will be much higher,</p>

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<p>true.
any other comments?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>Since when is a 1490 on the low side?</p>

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<p>it's not it's great. But the new SAT score averages <700 per section</p>

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<p>you're in.</p>

<p>but only if they're convinced you're really considering going there. they seem to be doing this thing where they reject people with awesome stats who are using Cornell as a backup. kind of childish, i think.</p>

<p>his scores are better than averageish:
<a href="http://dpb.cornell.edu/irp/pdf/FactBook/Admissions/Undergraduate/profile.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://dpb.cornell.edu/irp/pdf/FactBook/Admissions/Undergraduate/profile.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>your 720 is just fine. I was talking about your NEW SAT score not being standout high...but your old one is great, a very impressive score: top 25%. Considering they're combining scores from both tests, you'll have at minimum a 1490+your writing score.</p>